Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the latest Spring 2016 edition of Research Focus. With another school year completed, we should reflect on the many accomplishments of COE and our faculty throughout the school year, and can now begin to prepare for another year of continued success.
To expand on these research opportunities, this summer COE will be offering Summer Research Discussions. This a great chance for faculty to meet with others from COE and throughout NEU and explore new opportunities for their research. The goal is to facilitate discussion and plans for long term research programs. We hope that faculty groups will drive the discussion and direction of these and any other efforts that maybe proposed. We encourage all of you to attend the topics that are of interest to you, and invite your colleagues to do the same! For specific dates and times for these discussions, please contact Lauren Narasky for more details.
The continued growth and improvement of our college research efforts is a team endeavor; we appreciate your ideas and suggestions to maximize the capacity for, and the impact of, our research. We are excited for what ideas and opportunities these upcoming months of discussions will produce!
Selected Research Highlights
Whale Feeding Hotspots
ECE Associate Professor Purnima Ratilal whose research was recently featured in Nature, has shown that whales tend to group into their own species when eating in large feeding areas. Read More
Northeastern Gaining National Recognition in Robotics Research
Professors Hanumant Singh (ECE), Mark Patterson (CEE & MES), and Joseph Ayers (MES) are inventing new and improved robots to explore parts of the ocean that humans cannot. ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir and his team are working to improve Valkyrie's movements which will help the robot use tools, climb ladders, and perform high-level tasks once it is shipped to Mars.
ChE Celebrates New Collaboration with Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and the Longwan District
On April 5, delegates from the Wenzhou Institute of Biomaterials and Engineering and City Officials from the Longwan District traveled from Wenzhou, China to Northeastern for a special campus visit and welcoming ceremony. Read More
NU Receives $3M Grant for Smart Sensors & Materials
President Joseph E. Aoun joined Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker at an event announcing a $3 million grant, which will establish the Advanced Nanomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials, or ANSSeM, that comprises research universities and private manufacturing companies. Read More
3 Faculty Awarded NSF I-Corps Grants
ChE Assistant Professor Ryan Koppes and ECE Associate Professors Taskin Padir & Raymond Fu were awarded NSF I-Corps grants which help in the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously by NSF-funded research.
Laura
Lewis Awarded $200K NSF Grant
ChE & MIE Professor Laura Lewis was awarded a $200K NSF grant for "Sustainable Permanent Magnets For Advanced Applications". Read More
Jerome Hajjar Awarded $180K NSF Grant
CEE Professor & Chair Jerome Hajjar was awarded $180K NSF Grant for "Transforming Building Structural Resilience through Innovation in Steel Diaphragms". Read More
Center of Natural Tropical Biomaterials Grand Opening
The Center of Natural Tropical Biomaterials, a joint Center between Northeastern University and the University of Antioquia, was officially opened in Quirama, Rio Negro, Colombia with a gala celebration on March 31, 2016. Read More
REU for Data-Driven Discovery
ECE Professor David Kaeli was awarded a $360K NSF grant to develop an REU site to provide students exploring big data problems access to state-of-the-art high performance computing resources. Read More
